Month: October 2020

Success or failure in this context is not limited to how many of the turbines were actually produced or were ever operational. Eize de Vries explains the criteria for the selection and describes numbers 31-40 in the first part of this special report  Products may have been launched as stand-alone models or already envisaged as the basis for a product platform. In some cases, what started as a high-profile product launch, triggering equally high expectations, only made it into the prototype phase, or never even moved past the “paper stage”. The…

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Joe Biden declared climate change the “number one issue facing humanity” and vowed a national transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy that could create millions of new jobs. “It’s the number one issue facing humanity. And it’s the number one issue for me,” Biden said of climate change during an episode of Pod Save America released Saturday. He was interviewed by Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama. “Climate change is the existential threat to humanity,” the former vice president said. “Unchecked, it is going to…

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New power system modelling analysis for Central Asia shows that the region can reduce operating expenses by as much as $6.4 billion in the next 10 years. This can become a reality when neighboring system operators leverage connected electricity transmission infrastructure. Discussions are underway to make connections and derive optimal value from coordinated system operation, the World Bank said in an article published on its website. Countries in Central Asia enjoyed remarkable economic growth during the last decade with a GDP growth across the region averaging around 5 percent. The region has…

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